Reichstag of the Weimar Republic

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historical institution legislative body parliament

The Reichstag of the Weimar Republic was the democratically elected national parliament of Germany from 1919 to 1933, central to the country’s short-lived interwar parliamentary democracy.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Reichstag of the Weimar Republic canonical	17
Reichstag	16
Reichstag (Weimar Republic)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical institution ⓘ legislative body ⓘ parliament ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Weimar Republic ⓘ
characterizedBy	frequent coalition governments ⓘ political fragmentation ⓘ
coexistedWith	Reichsrat of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
couldBeDissolvedBy	President of the Reich ⓘ surface form: President of the Weimar Republic
country	Germany ⓘ
diminishedBy	Enabling Act of 1933 ⓘ
dissolutionReason	Nazification of German state ⓘ
electoralTermLength	4 years ⓘ
endTime	1933 ⓘ
followedBy	Reichstag of Nazi Germany ⓘ surface form: Reichstag under Nazi Germany
governmentForm	parliamentary democracy ⓘ
headOfStateInteraction	elected President of Germany ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Weimar Republic ⓘ surface form: Weimar era interwar period ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	German ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf	Weimar Republic ⓘ
legislativeStructure	unicameral ⓘ
location	Berlin ⓘ
mainFunction	budget approval ⓘ federal legislation ⓘ oversight of government ⓘ
metInBuilding	Reichstag building ⓘ
notableElection	Reichstag elections of the Weimar Republic ⓘ surface form: German federal election, 1919 German federal election, 1928 ⓘ German federal election, December 1924 ⓘ German federal election, July 1932 ⓘ German federal election campaign of March 1933 ⓘ surface form: German federal election, March 1933 German federal election, May 1924 ⓘ German federal election, November 1932 ⓘ
numberOfChambers	one ⓘ
partOf	political system of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
politicalCulture	multi-party system ⓘ
politicalSystemContext	Weimar Constitution ⓘ
powerLimitedBy	emergency decrees under Article 48 ⓘ
precededBy	Reichstag of the North German Confederation ⓘ surface form: Reichstag of the German Empire
replacedBy	rubber-stamp Reichstag of Nazi Germany ⓘ
significance	central institution of Weimar parliamentary democracy ⓘ
significantEvent	Reichstag fire ⓘ surface form: Reichstag Fire rise of the Nazi Party ⓘ
startTime	1919 ⓘ
suffrage	universal adult suffrage ⓘ
suffrageIncludes	women ⓘ
temporalLocation	1919–1933 ⓘ
votingSystem	proportional representation ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Reichstag of Nazi Germany → predecessor → Reichstag of the Weimar Republic ⓘ

Federal President Theodor Heuss → memberOf → Reichstag of the Weimar Republic ⓘ

subject surface form: Theodor Heuss

Imperial Diet → alsoKnownAs → Reichstag of the Weimar Republic ⓘ